§ EARL DE LA WARRasked Her Majesty's Government, Whether it was their intention to take any steps this 1623 Session to make it compulsory upon Railway Companies to adopt efficient brakes in accordance with the regulations of the Board of Trade? He should not, he said, enter into details on this matter, as it had already, on more than one occasion, been discussed in this House. Two years ago, in consequence of the President of the Board of Trade undertaking to introduce a Bill dealing with the matter of brakes, he withdrew a Bill he had brought in dealing with that matter. Since then no steps had been taken by Her Majesty's Government to enforce the recommendations of the Board of Trade, which were accordingly, at the present time, disregarded by some of the most important Railway Companies in the country.
§ LORD SUDELEYsaid, that the answer which he had to give the noble Earl was that the Board of Trade could not undertake to promote any legislation during this Session in regard to railways.